fallanvsfollarTell them apart

Which to use

“fallan” and “follar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,965
“fallan” frequency rank
#13,915
“follar” frequency rank
31880
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fallan follar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fallar. Arrojar aire sobre algo empleando un fuelle.

Where the eye mixes fallan and follar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fallan and follar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
fallan
6 ch
follar

Visual trap between fallan and follar

A purely visual mix-up. fallan ([ˈfaʝãn]) and follar ([foˈʝaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fallan is recorded at frequency rank #17,965, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfaʝãn]. follar is at rank #13,915, tagged as averb, pronounced [foˈʝaɾ].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31880, this pair ranks #204,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fallan vs follar

Shared letters: afl. Private to "fallan": n. Private to "follar": or.

"fallan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "follar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fallan ← afllan · falaln · falan · fallann · fallna · ffallan · flalan
  • follar ← ffollar · flolar · folalr · folar · follarr · follra · ofllar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fallan" for "follar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfaʝãn] versus [foˈʝaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fallan" or "follar"?
"follar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,915 in our Spanish list, against #17,965 for "fallan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "fallan" and "follar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fallan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "follar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fallan" and "follar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fallaba vs fallan". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #204,839 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list